“Shop Laurens County First” Undergoes Revamping
The Shop Laurens County First campaign is taking a few months off with plans for return bigger and better than ever. Greg Alexander, president and CEO of the Laurens County Chamber of Commerce,...
View ArticleAnother Early AM Motel Call
The Laurens County Sheriff’s Office has charged another man arrested this week at a Clinton area motel. Deputies were dispatched to the Traveler’s Inn on Highway 56 north at 3:30 Monday morning...
View ArticleNo Hostage After All
A hostage situation at a motel just outside Clinton early yesterday morning eventually was determined to not involve any hostage. Deputy Jeremy McMahan was dispatched to the Day’s Inn Motel of...
View ArticleHospital Board’s First Meeting After Merger
The Laurens County Health Care System’s Board of Directors met last evening for the first time since a 40-year lease was entered with the Greenville Health System. Board Chair Mike Ellison opened the...
View ArticleSports Report for Thursday, 8-1-2013
Real Radio 860 WLBG Sports Report: 8-1-13 Welcome this is your Real Radio 860 WLBG sports for a Thursday and it’s brought to you by the Laurens County Speedway… Well for the 3rd time in 4 weeks the...
View ArticleToo Much to Drink
A 50-year-old Laurens area woman was arrested on a Disorderly Conduct charge last night, after Deputy Johnson was dispatched to her husband’s residence northeast of Laurens. As the officer arrived...
View ArticleTwo Charged with Theft
The Sheriff’s Office served a warrant charging Petit Larceny yesterday on 44-year-old Tommy Lee Gaffney of 171 Kathy Drive, Clinton. He and 17-year-old Malcolm Robinson of another Kathy Drive...
View ArticleResisting Arrest
Clinton Public Safety yesterday served a resisting arrest charge on a man who was initially arrested on a Public Disorderly Conduct charge Tuesday afternoon. 21-year-old Keenan Alexander “Alex” Davis...
View ArticleBlood Drive Today
The Sheriff’s Office is holding a Deputy Roger Dale Rice Jr. Memorial Blood Drive today. The Bloodmobile will be at the Sheriff’s Office Downtown Laurens today from 6 am until 7 pm. T-shirts are...
View Article1st Degree Assault Charged
Fountain Inn Police yesterday charged a man in connection with a stabbing last Saturday. 20-year-old Damazea Deandre “D” McDowell of 213 Redmond Drive, Fountain Inn was charged with 1st Degree Assault...
View ArticleStream Posted Because of Sewer Overflow
The City of Clinton’s Department of Public Works has announced a Sewer Overflow and measures taken to address the situation. The Clinton Sewer Division experienced a Sanitary Sewer Overflow this...
View ArticleDuncan: “Stop the Napping, Stealing….”
Federal lawmakers criticized the Transportation Security Administration yesterday for uneven disciplinary action in misconduct cases that a government watchdog revealed had grown 26% over three years....
View ArticleSports Report for Friday, 8-2-2013
Real Radio 860 WLBG Sports Report: 8-2-13 Welcome this is your Real Radio 860 WLBG sports for a Friday and it’s brought to you by Presbyterian College Athletics… If you would like to get your son or...
View ArticleFence Broke, Dog Escaped
Laurens Police were dispatched to a Pinehaven Street residence at 8:30 yesterday morning where a man reported damage to his backyard fence overnight. It appears that someone ripped off a section of...
View ArticleBurglary
Laurens Police were dispatched to a Deering Street residence at 5:14 yesterday afternoon to investigate a burglary. A woman indicated that between 7 am and 5pm yesterday someone had pried open a door...
View ArticleCDV of High & Aggravated Nature
Clinton Public Safety yesterday charged a man with threatening the life of his wife with a knife at their Clinton home this spring. 45-year-old Israel Miller with a current address at 309 Crestview...
View ArticleCouple Charged with Neglect
Child Neglect charges were served yesterday on a man and woman, following their early morning arrest by the Sheriff’s Office. 31-year-old Trevor Hewell Stonell and 25-year-old Jennifer Lou Anne...
View ArticleKidnapping & Grand Larceny
The Laurens County Sheriff’s Office yesterday arrested a Fountain Inn area resident on a charge of Kidnapping and Grand Larceny from an alleged incident this spring. 48-year-old Eunice Cleo Grant of...
View ArticleKidnapping & Criminal Sexual Conduct
A Joanna man was served yesterday with warrants charging him with Kidnapping and with Criminal Sexual Conduct with a Minor. 21-year-old Joseph Lee Bates of 109 South Ellis Street, Joanna is accused of...
View ArticleMan Charged with 6 Burglaries
A Joanna area resident was arrested yesterday in connection with six Burglaries in Laurens County. The Sheriff’s Office arrested fifty-two-year-old Joseph G. Moretto of Unit #9 at 3403 Whitmire...
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